• Siddhartha Mitter

Congolese musicians are divided over politics: endorse President Joseph Kabila and gain from official patronage, oppose him in exile or cope independently in Kinshasa.

• Tom Devriendt

This new batch of films are set in Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Sudan, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa and Mauritius.

• Steffan Horowitz

They used the same examples every trendy Western fashion or pop culture publication do, when they run special issues on South Africa.

• Shamira Muhammad

A group of black women, from Africa and its diaspora, decide to mess with Paris Fashion Week. Was it worth it? Did anyone care?

• Gregory Mann

When Deacon, a member of the band Animal Collective went to Mali to make an album and ... to end slavery.

• Tom Devriendt

• Thomas Blaser

Former UN envoy Jean Ziegler on Third World hunger: "We Let Them Starve."

• Tom Devriendt

• Elliot Ross

Africa isn't a brand and we find the clamor for "positive news" from Africa inane and condescending.

• Wills Glasspiegel

The Nigerian poet and critic, Odia Ofeimun, on how Nollywood depicts traditional culture and religion.

• Amkelwa Mbekeni Kapanen

• Tom Devriendt

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Cedric Nunn's photography reflects the complex emotions of his black South African subjects, their humanity, dignity, in very personal terms.

• Orlando Reade

A recent trip to Israel and the new sub-set work he produced there, raises some doubts about Kehinde Wiley's art practice.

• Bukola Afolayan

The photographer Aida Muluneh's work explores Ethiopia via identity, personal journey, and family nostalgia after a 30-year absence.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Can a rap music video do better than some journalism in showing the real, unvarnished existence of ordinary Nigerians?

• Tom Devriendt

Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Siddhartha Mitter

A review of a new memoir by Ghana's new President, John Dramani Mahama.